Church Background Checks for Staff and Volunteers

Church background checks through Protect My Ministry are designed to help ministries implement and maintain a thorough background screening program for employees, staff and volunteers. Preventing sexual predators and violent offenders from working with children and youth is our primary concern.

What is a background check?

A background check is a "records" screening of an individual which can be as little as a one-county check or as in-depth as a Security clearance investigation. Public and private records can be searched once applicant consent is given.

How long does it take for the background checks?

Turnaround time on submitted requests is typically same day - 48 hours. The industry standard is 72 hours.

What criteria should your ministry require for a background check?

As the data provided in the many databases searched is not equally maintained and accessed by each state, the universal criteria is hard to enforce. For that reason, it's critical that you partner with a credible background screening company like Protect My Ministry.

Choose from cost-friendly background check packages through an intuitive online consultation. Recommendations are based on the quality of data available in each state and industry best practices. At the very minimum the background check should cover Social Security Number Verification, National Criminal Search and Sex Offender Registries Search.

Why do background checks?

A ministry that serves children and youth has the obligation to exercise "due diligence" with regards to protecting its members, especially the children. By performing background checks on our volunteers your ministry is…

Putting up a safeguard at the "doorway" of the organization that will, in most cases, scare off sexual predators.

Offering peace of mind to discerning parents when choosing a church, by knowing your ministry is being pro-active in trying to protect the children.

Who should you trust for background checks?

Thousands of ministries trust Protect My Ministry, a ministry background check company. One of the only background check companies that will do a free "re-verification" of records from the national criminal database for a volunteer, and to also do a "true" 50 state search on sexual offenders.

What is the price for background checks?

Protect My Ministry seeks to offer a balance between cost and comprehensiveness. Learn more about our services for church volunteer screening.

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Here's what others are saying about Protect My Ministry

What I like most about Protect My Ministry is the format of the background reports; the information is laid out in a way that is easy to read and understand. Also, the turnaround time for getting reports back is very fast.

Dr. Fred Adams, The Rock Church And World Outreach Center

If we have a problem, Protect My Ministry customer service is always available to offer their assistance.

Ministry Mobilizer gives us faster access to background information and has allowed us to speed up the hiring process. We enjoy quick response, accurate information, and like the price structure.

Marlene Haddock, First Baptist Church

The background screening process can be very frustrating and costly when handled in the wrong manner. Protect My Ministry has provided our organization with the proper technology to expedite our reporting, archived information for easy retrieval and review, customer service that's prompt and easy to work with, and all at an affordable price. More so than that, we appreciate their commitment of faith, and to empowering other organizations in their ministry endeavors.

Rick Braschler, Kanakuk Kamps

With over 20 years of law enforcement experience I can attest to the fact that the strongest predictor of future criminal behavior is a person’s criminal history. As the manager of campus safety at Idlewild Baptist Church I depend on Protect My Ministry to provide a thorough assessment of every criminal history background check we request. For more than 3 years Protect My Ministry has been faithful to this task with timely, accurate and reliable service.

Rich Walker, Idlewild Baptist Church

We have benefited from knowing that we are not exposing the communities we work with or ourselves to unnecessary risk. We continue to have a perfect record in that we have never had a serious incident with a trip participant causing harm or acting inappropriately with any community member or fellow team member - thank goodness!

Hope Livingston, Living Water International

Online is saving us a large amount of time now. The results are more in depth than before, customer service is excellent.